The St. Clair Papers: The Life and Public Services of Arthur St. Clair, Soldier of the Revolutionary War; President of the Continental Congress; and Governor of the North-western Territory; with His Correspondence and Other Papers, Volume 2 |
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... Ohio and make improvements on the Indian lands , " from the river Muskingum to Fort McIntosh , and thirty miles up some of the branches of the Ohio River . " As it was the policy of gov- ernment to keep on as friendly terms as possible ...
... Ohio and make improvements on the Indian lands , " from the river Muskingum to Fort McIntosh , and thirty miles up some of the branches of the Ohio River . " As it was the policy of gov- ernment to keep on as friendly terms as possible ...
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... Ohio River . The inclosed copy of the instructions , together with the orders , were posted up at Wheeling , and distributed throughout the differ- ent parts of the country , in order that all persons might be made fully acquainted ...
... Ohio River . The inclosed copy of the instructions , together with the orders , were posted up at Wheeling , and distributed throughout the differ- ent parts of the country , in order that all persons might be made fully acquainted ...
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... Ohio , that country will soon be inhabited by a banditti whose actions are a disgrace to human nature . You will , in a few days , receive an address from the magistracy of Ohio county , through which most of those people pass , many of ...
... Ohio , that country will soon be inhabited by a banditti whose actions are a disgrace to human nature . You will , in a few days , receive an address from the magistracy of Ohio county , through which most of those people pass , many of ...
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... Ohio : ADVERTISEMENT . March 12 , 1785 . Notice is hereby given to the inhabitants of the west side of the Ohio River that there is to be an election for the choosing of members of the con- vention for the framing a constitution for the ...
... Ohio : ADVERTISEMENT . March 12 , 1785 . Notice is hereby given to the inhabitants of the west side of the Ohio River that there is to be an election for the choosing of members of the con- vention for the framing a constitution for the ...
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... Ohio . I am preparing to detach Captain Hamtramck with a command , to con- sist of his own company , Captain Mercer's , and Captain McCurdy's , with orders to take a position for five or six weeks at the Mingo Bottom , or its vicinity ...
... Ohio . I am preparing to detach Captain Hamtramck with a command , to con- sist of his own company , Captain Mercer's , and Captain McCurdy's , with orders to take a position for five or six weeks at the Mingo Bottom , or its vicinity ...
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Page 613 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 379 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein such State shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Page 612 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property, rights, and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 613 - Federal debts, contracted or to be contracted, and a proportional part of the expenses of government, to be apportioned on them by Congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other States...
Page 613 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 609 - Be it ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that the estates, both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said Territory, dying intestate, shall descend to, and be distributed among, their children, and the descendants of a deceased child, in equal parts...
Page 611 - ... and return their names to Congress, one of whom, Congress shall appoint and commission for the residue of the term; and every five years, four months at least before the expiration of the time of service of the members of council, the said house shall nominate ten persons, qualified as aforesaid, and return their names to...
Page 610 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly, the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same...
Page 609 - ... in writing, signed and sealed by him or her, in whom the estate may be (being of full age) and attested by three witnesses; and real estates may be conveyed by lease and release, or bargain and sale, signed, sealed and delivered by the person, being of full age, in whom the estate may be, and attested by two witnesses, provided such wills be duly proved, and such conveyances be acknowledged, or the execution thereof duly proved, and be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts...
Page 611 - The representatives, thus elected, shall serve for the term of two years ; and in case of the death of a representative, or removal from office, the governor shall issue a writ to the county or township for which he was a member, to elect another in his stead, to serve for the residue of the term.